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Pseudopusula spongicola (Monterosato, 1923)
1446288 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1446288)
accepted
Species
Niveria spongicola (Monterosato, 1923) · unaccepted
Trivia spongicola Monterosato, 1923 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Trivia spongicola Monterosato, 1923) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1923). Molluschi delle coste Cirenaiche raccolti dall'Ing. Crema. <em>Memorie del Regio Comitato Talassografico Italiano.</em> 106: 1-14, 1 pl [December 31st 1923].
page(s): 11-12 [details]
page(s): 11-12 [details]
Taxonomy Fehse & Grego (2020) use the name Pseudopusula spongicola (Monterosato, 1923) instead of Trivia mediterranea (Risso, 1826),...
Taxonomy Fehse & Grego (2020) use the name Pseudopusula spongicola (Monterosato, 1923) instead of Trivia mediterranea (Risso, 1826), for the species distributed in most of the Mediterranean Sea. This is contradictory with the original concept of Trivia spongicola Monterosato, 1923 which has been named to distinguish the Gulf of Gabes endemic which Fehse & Grego (2020) denote as Pseudopusula africana (Schilder, 1931). This view has to remain posted in WoRMS as "accepted" until someone expresses the opposite view (Trivia spongicola Monterosato, 1923 = africana Schilder, 1931 is the Gulf of Gabès endemic, and Trivia mediterranea (Risso, 1826) is the widespread species).
The correspondence of names is as follows:
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The correspondence of names is as follows:
| Fehse & Grego, 2020 | Other authors |
| Pseudopusula spongicola (Monterosato, 1923) | Trivia mediterranea (Risso, 1826) |
| Pseudopusula africana (Schilder, 1931) | Trivia spongicola (Monterosato, 1923) |
| Pseudopusula problematica (Schilder, 1931) | Trivia levantina Smriglio, Mariottini & Buzzurro, 1998 |
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pseudopusula spongicola (Monterosato, 1923). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1446288 on 2025-09-10
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(of Trivia spongicola Monterosato, 1923) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1923). Molluschi delle coste Cirenaiche raccolti dall'Ing. Crema. <em>Memorie del Regio Comitato Talassografico Italiano.</em> 106: 1-14, 1 pl [December 31st 1923].
page(s): 11-12 [details]
new combination reference Fehse D. & Grego J. (2020). Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae, XXXIX. Revision of the taxa assigned to the genus <i>Pseudopusula</i> Fehse & Grego, 2014, Part 2. <em>Acta Conchyliorum.</em> 19: 85-113.
page(s): 86 [details]
page(s): 11-12 [details]
new combination reference Fehse D. & Grego J. (2020). Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae, XXXIX. Revision of the taxa assigned to the genus <i>Pseudopusula</i> Fehse & Grego, 2014, Part 2. <em>Acta Conchyliorum.</em> 19: 85-113.
page(s): 86 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy Fehse & Grego (2020) use the name Pseudopusula spongicola (Monterosato, 1923) instead of Trivia mediterranea (Risso, 1826), for the species distributed in most of the Mediterranean Sea. This is contradictory with the original concept of Trivia spongicola Monterosato, 1923 which has been named to distinguish the Gulf of Gabes endemic which Fehse & Grego (2020) denote as Pseudopusula africana (Schilder, 1931). This view has to remain posted in WoRMS as "accepted" until someone expresses the opposite view (Trivia spongicola Monterosato, 1923 = africana Schilder, 1931 is the Gulf of Gabès endemic, and Trivia mediterranea (Risso, 1826) is the widespread species). The correspondence of names is as follows:
| Fehse & Grego, 2020 | Other authors |
| Pseudopusula spongicola (Monterosato, 1923) | Trivia mediterranea (Risso, 1826) |
| Pseudopusula africana (Schilder, 1931) | Trivia spongicola (Monterosato, 1923) |
| Pseudopusula problematica (Schilder, 1931) | Trivia levantina Smriglio, Mariottini & Buzzurro, 1998 |
To Malacopics (Pseudopusula spongicola (Monterosato, 1923) Tunisia, Medenine, Ile de Jerba, Plage de Sidi Mahres, beached, collected May 1999, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Pseudopusula spongicola (Monterosato, 1923) Tunisia, Sfax, Îles Kerkennah, Île Gharbi, Sidi Youssef, S of Ferry, beached in debris, collected 1989-03-26, ex coll. K.P. Hoogerwerf .)
To Malacopics (Pseudopusula spongicola (Monterosato, 1923) Tunisia, Sfax, Îles Kerkennah, Île Gharbi, Sidi Youssef, S of Ferry, beached in debris, collected 1989-03-26, ex coll. K.P. Hoogerwerf .)
.jpg "To Malacopics (Pseudopusula spongicola (Monterosato, 1923) Tunisia, Sfax, Îles Kerkennah, Île Gharbi, Sidi Youssef, S of Ferry, beached in debris, collected 1989-03-26, ex coll. K.P. Hoogerwerf .)")
